Void Beetle Evolution Guide

Chapter 97: Blocking the Door

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After Elise led the last person into the cave, Kassadin showed up at the entrance and waited for Elise to finish her business.

The scene of sacrifice was too cruel. Even if she didn't stop it, she wouldn't want to go in and watch.

However, what she didn't expect was that instead of waiting for Iris, she waited for a flustered man.

Emmett cried bitterly, his face full of fear, and ran towards the cave entrance desperately. The moment he saw Kassa, he thought it was Elise's accomplice, or a humanoid made of spiders. He was so scared that he fell to his knees.

The paralyzing poison injected by the little spiders had spread throughout his body, turning his flesh into a cage and imprisoning his soul.

He fell to the ground and crawled unwillingly, trying to beg for mercy but his lungs began to become short of breath and he kept choking and coughing, as if his trachea was also swollen.

Finally, the man completely lost his strength when he was a few steps away from Kassa. He didn't even have the strength to close his eyelids. The look of fear solidified in his tearful eyes.Mei wants to be without Mei, without Kong Yong, without Lin You Yong......

Following closely, a spider monster came in pursuit of its prey at a leisurely pace.

After seeing Kassa, it subconsciously stopped and shrank back, slowly retreating towards her as if it had seen its natural enemy.

"Spider Queen Elise. Don't hide. I know it's you." Kassadin spoke calmly, causing the spider monster to pause.

The big spider let out a strange hissing sound, showing both fear and anger. Only she herself knew the meaning of the sound, but it was not difficult to guess that it was due to the combination of fear and anger that Kassadin was following her.

"Are you going to talk to me in this form?"

Kassadin lifted her cloak to reveal her dark purple skin armor. As a fellow crustacean, she thought that this might give Elise a sense of closeness?

With the exit blocked, Lady Iris had no choice but to transform back into human form.

She first shot out a spider silk from her abdomen to hang herself up. The spider monster's hind legs were gathered to her back, and her front legs twisted and stretched, turning into human legs.

The body gradually stretched out and turned into that of a beautiful woman, wearing shiny black leather armor that revealed large areas of skin. The red stripes on the spider's abdomen became a head of long blood-red hair combed behind its head.

She descended along the spider silk, her slender toes touching the ground, and like an elegant dancer playing with a ribbon, she walked towards her after completing a flawless performance in the air.

However, her expression was not so elegant and calm. With a hint of suppressed anger, she kicked the unconscious man away, walked up to Kassa and stared at her with scarlet eyes.

"You're so close, are you trying to seduce me? Sorry, I already have someone I like."

After having her intentions exposed and mocked by Kassadin, Elise was at a loss for words. She laughed out of anger, but in the end she suppressed her emotions and her expression returned to calm.

The last time she was so angry was when she thought she was in control of everything but was poisoned by her unlucky husband. His betrayal left her in a trance between life and death for several weeks.

Although that period was filled with great pain, it also foreshadowed her rebirth, from ordinary human beauty to astonishing beauty.

"Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?" Iris crossed her arms across her chest, her sharp nails pressed against her elbows, and her arms crossed to hold up her mature chest. Her slender and tall figure made her chest look even more plump and full.

Kasha didn't notice any of this. She got straight to the point and said, "I know you're going to look for magical relics next, and I'm also going to Hylia to find something. So how about we go together? I need you to be familiar with the terrain."

"You don't sound like you're here to discuss this. Hylia..." Iris smacked her scarlet lips twice, then shook her head and said, "That place is the source of the Curse of Ruin. It gathers many powerful undead spirits and is too dangerous. I usually search the coast for something useful and then go back. I rarely go deep inland."

Many spiders only weave webs and wait for prey to take the bait. It goes against their nature to let them actively enter other predators' territory to hunt physically.

Similarly, Mrs. Iris always picked up trash in the safer marginal areas and then went back to report.

"I didn't discuss it with you. You just lead the way and I will protect you." Kassa knew it was not easy to convince the other party, so she said again.

"No, there's no need for me to take the risk." Iris still refused seriously.

There was no room for her to advance in the cult. Even if she found a truly powerful treasure, it would not bring her any status.

"Then coming to the Shadow Isles is also an adventure. The Pale Lady only provided you with some sacrifices, but you have to come to the Shadow Isles to find magical relics for her. Do you think this is fair?"

This was of course unfair, but Iris had no choice. Not only could she not provoke the Pale Lady, she couldn't hide from her either. If she provoked that person, she would be in her clutches no matter where she ran to.

That person has the evidence against her, and she will eventually obey the call of the Spider God and return to the Shadow Island. It will not be difficult to find her as long as you know this.

So Elise comforted herself that this was a mutually beneficial situation. After all, she was going to bring a sacrifice to the Shadow Isles anyway, and the Pale Lady's intervention simply saved her the step of selecting a sacrifice, allowing her to have more time to rest.

Every time she came back from the Shadow Isles, Elise felt physically and mentally exhausted, so she would go back to the deserted and dilapidated old house to rest. In the end, the time the Pale Lady saved her was quite valuable.

But why? He was the one who risked his life, and he was the one who worked hard without complaint, but that person didn't even do his job well, and actually let a war mason sneak into the sacrifice, which almost caused an accident.

All of this is the price to pay for maintaining youthful beauty. Elise consoled herself unwillingly, not noticing that Kassadin had become a different person under the mask.

"If all you want is beauty, I can give it to you." Seeing that Kassadin couldn't convince Elise with just a few words, the Wild Hunter had to take action himself.

"As long as you become my follower, I can give you a more beautiful appearance, more powerful strength, and allow you to get rid of that unfair deal. You don't even have to go to the Shadow Island frequently. As long as you help me find that thing, I can give you all of this."

"Honestly?" He piqued Iris' interest with just one sentence. To this woman, all the treasures on the island were not as important as her beauty.

"I don't need to lie to you." The Wild Hunt crouched down and extended a few synapses from his hands and bit into Emmett's face.

His dark yellow, skinny old face became full and shiny again, and he looked much younger and more handsome... Iris looked at all this in disbelief. What kind of power is this? It is comparable to the gift of the Spider God.

Her eyes became fiery, eager to take this power into her possession, just as Emmett had fallen in love with her at first sight.

The Wild Hunter showed off a little bit of his skills, and the goddess instantly turned into a bootlicker.

Noticing Iris's fiery gaze, the Wild Hunter clapped his hands slowly and said, "Why don't you listen to my analysis of your situation first, and then decide whether you want to go with us."

"Please tell me."

This time Iris did not refuse. The impulse was only a momentary thing. After calming down, she felt that this matter was still too suspicious. Could this person in front of her be sent by the Pale Lady to test her loyalty?

But it would not hurt to listen to the Wild Hunt. Anyway, she had to wait for the Spider God to taste the sacrifice before she could obtain the venom he rewarded her with and restore her beauty to its peak.

Chapter 98: Conducting a Talk Therapy

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"Before I say anything, let me ask you, who will win the fight between Black Rose and Swain?" asked the Wild Hunt.

"Of course it's the Black Rose." Iris said without hesitation: "A leader who has only been in office for a few years wants to fight against a secret society that has been secretly controlling this country for nearly a thousand years. Do you think it's possible?"

"The Black Rose will certainly have the last laugh, but Swain may not lose either." The Wild Hunt asked again: "What kind of person do you think Swain is?"

"I haven't met him, but I heard from others that the Noxian commander-in-chief is a fickle man who will take revenge for any grudge. His chain of schemes is almost impossible to see through. Even the transaction between me and the Pale Lady has been affected. Assuming that he has spies everywhere, we have to move to a more secret place to conduct the transaction."

"I only heard slander from your answer. It seems that your cognitive cocoon is quite serious. Maybe you should return to the secular world and see it with your own eyes."

The Wild Hunt shook his head, and Elise narrowed her eyes slightly.

The Black Rose controls every ruler of Noxus, and she is indeed not very concerned about the change of power now.

However, hundreds of years ago, she was at least an extremely ambitious politician. It is too disrespectful to say that she trapped herself in a cognitive cocoon.

The Wild Hunt ignored her thoughts and continued:

"Swain is no less cunning than the Pale Lady, and he is also a man of great military and political talent. He single-handedly caused the Pale Lady to suffer setbacks, and finally forced her to step out from behind the scenes as a Faceless Man in order to stabilize the situation. But what people fear most is his loyalty to Noxus. In his eyes, the survival of the empire is higher than family, higher than individuals, and higher than everything else."

"I have heard of this." Iris took over the conversation.

The thing that Swain is best known for in the Black Rose is that, in order to protect the ruler of Noxus, he actually killed his own relatives and personally exposed and executed his parents who were members of the cult... Elise even knew those two unlucky guys and laughed at them for giving birth to an ungrateful child.

Thinking of this, Lady Iris couldn't help but smile, and raised the corners of her mouth. "No matter how smart he is, he is just an ordinary man. The power he gained from the Three-Eyed Raven must be returned eventually. Let him do whatever he wants. Anyway, as long as he dies, this country will return to the control of the Black Rose."

"So you still think he will allow the Black Rose to continue to suck the blood of the Empire? Elise, you have lived too long, and your long life has made you insensitive to the passage of time. The Empire is changing, but you remain unchanged. Swain's loyalty to Noxus will make him eliminate all factors that are unfavorable to the Empire, including people like you."

"I...?" Elise frowned and asked back. She didn't know what disadvantages the Wild Hunt was referring to. She hardly interfered in politics, and was the least threatening existence to Swain.

"Apart from your identity as the Black Rose, you also control two ancient families under your control. You old-fashioned nobles are like a mountain pressing down on everyone, blocking the path of class advancement and making Noxus gloomy. I believe you have seen the Trifarix Proclamation issued by Swain. That reform plan is a blunt knife specifically aimed at you old nobles."

After Jericho Swain overthrew the rule of Darkwill, the Black Rose's puppet, and assumed the position of the new Grand Commander of Noxus, he issued the Trifarious Proclamation.

This official proclamation made many promises to boost morale and reassure the people, but in just one year, the Trifarix Council completely changed the political landscape of Noxus.

State offices and military appointments were no longer hereditary but were granted through official channels; all personal property had to be declared and verified, and any gold or silver not deposited in the Imperial Bank for safekeeping was subject to heavy taxes; finally, the law prohibited any citizen from becoming a slave to other citizens, and the unauthorized sale or transfer of slaves was punishable by death.

Through clever and effective means, Jericho Swain guided many noble families to gain a foothold within the Assassin's Guild, and then systematically dismantled the power structure that had supported them for nearly a thousand years.

Although the repercussions of this move have not yet appeared, it is likely that many nobles have defected to his secret political opponents and are preparing for the final resistance.

The Wild Hunt continued, "For the sake of stability during the war, he didn't cut directly into the nobles' main arteries, because he was afraid that he would anger you and overturn the table. But if he waits until the war is over, his methods of governing the country will surely become more and more tough and fierce as his life goes by, and he will drag all of you down with him before he dies."

"If the sky falls, the Pale Lady will hold it up. These are her concerns. I just need to do my job well."

Elise admitted that what the Wild Hunt said made sense, but she didn't care. She just wanted to maintain the status quo.

"Pedantic." The Wild Hunter laughed. "Any woman who is too obsessed with beauty will become a stupid creature. No matter how beautiful she is, what good does it matter? In the end, she still has to rely on others to exist and put her life in the hands of others."

His naked ridicule and contempt made Elise clench her fists, wishing she could eat him alive, but she finally held back her impulse. Her actions would only prove that the Wild Hunt was right, that Elise had become an idiot who overestimated her own abilities because of her lust for beauty.

"Let me first state the conclusion. If Swain is determined to attack you, the Pale Lady you rely on may not necessarily protect you." The Wild Hunt explained. "The reason why Swain can become the ruler of Noxus is because Leblanc needs his talent for governing the country."

"For thousands of years, the Black Rose has been like a schistosome entrenched in the heart of Noxus, collecting all kinds of treasures that hold power in the name of war, constantly sucking the blood of this country, making it strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

And Swain is the one who can save the situation. His reforms will revitalize Noxus, so even if it hurts your interests, she will turn a blind eye for the sake of long-term planning. After all, a parasite will not be much better without a host. "

"You're saying that... Swain's ascension to power and the establishment of the Trifarix Council... were all due to the Pale Lady's indulgence?"

When the Wild Hunt called out the Pale Lady's name, Elise realized that things were far more complicated than she had imagined.

The Wild Hunt remained noncommittal. "I know you are nostalgic, but don't think you can rest easy as long as you follow Leblanc. Compared with the benefits brought by the entire empire, your contribution is simply not worth mentioning. Since you only want to pick up trash to deal with her, she can abandon you at any time. What happened on the ship is a good proof that Leblanc cares less and less about you. Even the sacrifice can sneak into Swain's eyes..."

"Stop talking!" The Wild Hunt's words frightened Iris.

She suddenly leaped up and sprayed a ball of highly poisonous mucus at the Wild Hunter, which could corrode even bones within a few breaths.

However, the Wild Hunt disappeared from the spot at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye. When Iris realized that he was behind her, it was too late.

He accelerated and kicked Iris in the back, causing her to fly out like a cannonball. Her delicate body slid dozens of meters on the rugged road. Even though the rocks were wrapped in spider webs, they still left a trail of blood. Even the leather armor on her chest was worn off, and the pair of big thunders that jumped out were a bloody mess, which was a bit horrible to look at.

Such an embarrassing appearance made Elise grit her teeth. Just as she was about to change back into spider form and escape into the cave to seek help from the Vicious Maw, the Wild Hunt came up to her and stretched out his hand.

"Are you still thinking of staying in your dilapidated old house? It's useless. I advise you to cherish the opportunity now and find another way out as soon as possible."

Faced with the threats and inducements of the Wild Hunt, no matter how unwilling she was, Iris had to temporarily surrender and go down the steps he gave her.

"Is it okay to just take you to find something?"

She took the Wild Hunt's hand, and the slight movement of the armor made her feel both familiar and fearful.

Like a spider, but also a predator that is more terrifying than a spider.

"That thing is extremely important. You must become my dependent before I can tell you with confidence."

The Wild Hunt pulled the embarrassed Iris up from the ground and put his hands on her chest to repair the worn skin. Although it was not as fast as the possession repair, seeing the wound healed at least made her feel calmer.

"Damn it, you want me to die! I can't betray the Black Rose, Leblanc won't let me go!" Iris gritted her teeth, her sensitive pores had completely stood up because of the physical and psychological fear.

"I didn't ask you to betray the Black Rose. You are still Leblanc's right-hand man on the surface. And I won't treat you like a beast like Leblanc did. I will let you go as long as you complete this mission."

"Then what should I do to satisfy you?"

Thinking that Leblanc would not know what happened on the island as long as she didn't tell anyone, Iris reluctantly agreed.

"Then let's pay our tribute first." The Wild Hunt looked at the dark, warm cave not far away that was constantly emitting a foul smell. "Iris, go and make the Vile Maw your pet."Mei wants to be without Mei and Yong, without Lin and Yong...

"Are you kidding? Everything I have was given by it. How can you expect me to go against my own God?" These words made Iris scream in response. The venom of the Vicious Throat is her lifeblood, the elixir that keeps her young forever.

"Simple, I'll help you." A ball of gray gel suddenly moved from Kassa to Iris's chest, and quickly extended into a large net that wrapped her whole body. At the same time, the voice of the Wild Hunt also moved from Kassa's mouth to Iris's mind, from a cold and wet female voice to an evil and rough male bass.

"Accept my reward! Go and trample that false god under your feet. From now on, I will be the only god you serve."

Chapter 99: The Suffering Narcissus

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An impenetrable shell was wriggling on the surface of her skin, its movement bringing pain like a deadly poison corroding a wound. The inescapable darkness was invading like a shroud. The sudden change terrified Iris and she resisted instinctively.

"No! What did you do to me?! This is not what we agreed on!"

There was no such part in what the Wild Hunt had just said. Why did granting power require such pain? An eternal hunger passed through her body, and she felt that this shell wanted to eat her.

"I said, accept it! Don't resist, only in this way can you complete the transformation."

The voice of the Wild Hunt rang out sharply in Iris's mind, and countless fine synapses extended from the inside of the skin armor, densely biting into all the areas between Iris's ears and neck, trying to establish a neural connection.Mei Xiang is here. You are Lin Kongyong, not Lin Youyong...

This caused Iris to resist even more strongly. She rolled on the ground and began to seek help. She could receive the call of the Spider God, so she could naturally call it in return.

There was immediately a tremor coming from the depths of the cave. Dense numbers of small spiders fled in panic, gathering into a black tide that poured out from the dark and warm cave, as if some huge monster inside was about to break through the earth and come out.

Kassadin was on guard in front of the cave entrance as if facing a great enemy. The Wild Hunt was now in the critical period of possession and fusion. If the big spider wanted to rush out, she would beat it back immediately.

Fortunately, no accident happened, and the vibration only lasted for a while before stopping. Seeing this, the Wild Hunt laughed in disdain.

"How pitiful, Iris, you took it upon yourself to serve the beast as a god, but it can't move a step after seeing a few bites of meat, and doesn't care about the life or death of you, its believer."

"When He regains His strength, He will never let you go!" Iris gritted her teeth, but was far from giving in. The previous compromise was only forced by the situation.

"Okay, then I'll wait here for it to slowly finish eating the sacrifice. Although I won't kill you during this period, you probably won't have an easy time. So, do you want me to punish you in a brutal way? Or caress you in a gentle way? You don't want to talk, right? Then I'll be more brutal."